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title: "Manchester City: Many fans confused by Raheem Sterling’s sudden dip in form"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-fans-confused-raheem-sterlings-dip-form/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Wareing"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2020-01-27T21:10:12Z"
modified: "2020-01-27T21:10:12Z"
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# Manchester City: Many fans confused by Raheem Sterling’s sudden dip in form

**Manchester City cruised to victory against 10-man Fulham on Sunday and Pep Guardiola used the game to give some of his key players a break from the starting line-up. Indeed, this meant Raheem Sterling was left on the bench before coming on in the 52nd minute, but City fans weren’t pleased with what they saw.**

He had a blistering start to the season and that’s largely proved by the fact he’s still the club’s second top goalscorer [on 11](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/167/Show/England-Manchester-City) despite having [not scored or assisted in any of his past six matches](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/97692/Show/Raheem-Sterling). Before that, he was on a run of [five goals in four games](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/97692/Fixtures/Raheem-Sterling) in all competitions, so his performances seem to have dropped off a cliff edge of late it seems.

[Furthermore, WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/97692/Fixtures/Raheem-Sterling) haven’t rated him over 7/10 in any of those most recent six games despite him only falling below that rating once in the nine games before it. With that in mind, many City fans took to Twitter to say how they’ve noticed the dip, and they showed their concern for his form.

You can see some of their tweets here:

> About time Lee Croft took the Raheem Sterling costume back & give us the real Raz back.
>
> — Pete 🐝 (@PGregson1992) [January 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/PGregson1992/status/1221451321896730625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Raheem Sterling has been off form. He is still our 2nd highest scorer this season.
>
> He needs minutes to get back in top form.
>
> — Guardiolista 💎 (@City\_Agenda) [January 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/City_Agenda/status/1221445190990417922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Raheem Sterling wouldn’t even get into this Fulham team right now. I can see him leaving in the summer. He doesn’t look interested.
>
> — 🅱️en (@ThatchersElbow) [January 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/ThatchersElbow/status/1221443265515401216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> how does one just forget how to play football, ask raheem sterling.
>
> — Shahroze (@nincompoop10101) [January 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/nincompoop10101/status/1221437989378838528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It is just not happening for Raheem Sterling right now.
>
> — Mark Harrison 🇪🇺 (@MarkIHarrison) [January 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/MarkIHarrison/status/1221437659542904832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> What happened to Raheem Sterling? So out of form
>
> — Teboho The Cityzen (@Ke\_Teboho) [January 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/Ke_Teboho/status/1221439845580623872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man City fans, what have you made of Raheem Sterling’s recent form?***